The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India: pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central ProvincesMacmillan and Company, 1916 - Caste |
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... Korkus of the Melghat hills 550 95. Korku women in full dress 556 96. Koshti men dancing a figure , holding strings and beating sticks . 582 PRONUNCIATION a has the sound of u in but or X ILLUSTRATIONS.
... Korkus of the Melghat hills 550 95. Korku women in full dress 556 96. Koshti men dancing a figure , holding strings and beating sticks . 582 PRONUNCIATION a has the sound of u in but or X ILLUSTRATIONS.
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... Korkus , whose tribal languages closely approximate to Mundāri , were originally one with the Mundas , but have been ... Korku is simply a corruption of Kodaku , young men , and there is every prob- ability that the Hindus , hearing the ...
... Korkus , whose tribal languages closely approximate to Mundāri , were originally one with the Mundas , but have been ... Korku is simply a corruption of Kodaku , young men , and there is every prob- ability that the Hindus , hearing the ...
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... Korkus retain Munda languages . On the other hand a half of the Gonds , nearly all the Oraons and three - fourths of the Khonds still preserve their own Dravidian speech . It would therefore seem that the Munda tribes who speak Aryan ...
... Korkus retain Munda languages . On the other hand a half of the Gonds , nearly all the Oraons and three - fourths of the Khonds still preserve their own Dravidian speech . It would therefore seem that the Munda tribes who speak Aryan ...
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... Korkus and Nahals and perhaps the Bhils may also belong . Mr. Hira Lal suggests that it is a common custom in Marathi to add or alter so as to make names end in i . Thus Halbi for Halba , Koshti for Koshta , Patwi for Patwa , Wanjāri ...
... Korkus and Nahals and perhaps the Bhils may also belong . Mr. Hira Lal suggests that it is a common custom in Marathi to add or alter so as to make names end in i . Thus Halbi for Halba , Koshti for Koshta , Patwi for Patwa , Wanjāri ...
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... Korkus dwell in the Berār plain adjoining the Satpūras , and a few thousand belong to Bhopal . The word Korku means simply ' men ' or ' tribesmen , ' koru being their term for a man and kū a plural termination . The tribe have a ...
... Korkus dwell in the Berār plain adjoining the Satpūras , and a few thousand belong to Bhopal . The word Korku means simply ' men ' or ' tribesmen , ' koru being their term for a man and kū a plural termination . The tribe have a ...
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ancestors animals Baiga bangles Bania Bastar Bengal Berar Bhumka Bihār body Brahmans bride bridegroom brother buried called Central Provinces ceremony Chanda Chhattisgarh child Chota Nagpur cloth considered cooked cultivators customs dance daughter dead deity derived Dhangars Districts Divorce Dravidian drink exogamous father feast festival flesh forest Gadaria girl give goat goddess gods Gonds Gosains Gowāris Gujarāt Gūjars hair Halbas head Hindu husband Ibidem impure India Jāts Jogis Kalārs Kanjars Kawars Kayasths Kharias Khatris Khonds killed known Kolis Kols Korkus Korwas Koshtis Kunbis Lingo liquor Mahādeo mahua Mandla Maratha marriage married months moon Muhammadan Munda nakshatras occupation offered origin panchayat persons priest probably Rāja Rājpūts rice rites round rupees sacred sacrifice Sambalpur sept Siva social spirit subcastes take food tattooed Telugu tiger tree Tribes and Castes turmeric usually village wedding widow wife woman women worship